The tough guy’s track is already a bit “crowded”.
Editor’s note: This article is from the WeChat public account “Entertainment Industry” (ID: yulechanye), author: Entertainment Industry Editorial Department.
In 1992, when Chen Kaige was preparing to shoot “Farewell My Concubine”, he wanted to find Jiang Wen to play Duan Xiaolou, but Jiang Wen quit, instead of saying that he wanted to play Cheng Dieyi. After Chen Kaige denied it, Jiang Wen became anxious:” The book does not say that Yu Ji cannot be like me.”
Later, this “Tenderness of the Iron Man” has been extolled by netizens, and the tough guy Jiang Wen wanted to squeeze into the “Little Fresh Meat” circle.
Years later, the audience’s aesthetics have changed, and the small flow of fresh meat has gradually dominated the entertainment industry. They are young, good-looking, apply foundation, and draw eyeliner. Although most of them seem to have little to do with tough guys, they are now aggressively breaking into the tough guy circle.
In the past, many actors were reborn when they played tough guys, and they had masterpieces that were enough to serve outsiders. There were Huo Jianhua and Zhang Han earlier, followed by Du Jiang, Ou Hao, and Huang Jingyu.
This year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and it is also the year when the main theme of film and television dramas broke out. There are a lot of traffic actors in these works, and some even direct traffic actors to take the lead.
Although the flow of acting in the main drama can increase the nationality and broaden the drama, if you are lucky, you can get rid of the image of the butter niche or the boss. But just like Jiang Wen is not suitable for Cheng Dieyi, tough guys are not so good at acting.
“Uniform Temptation”
Traffic breaks into the tough guy circle early on.
As early as 2011, when “The Founding of the Party”, the all-star lineup has already appeared in the all-star lineup, such as Jing Boran, Han Geng, and Yang Yang.
By the time of “The Founding of the Army” in 2017, the prevalence of “traffic stars” has become a phenomenon, and there are more small meats in the main theme movies than in previous years. Including Ou Hao, Liu Haoran, Ma Tianyu, Li Yifeng, Li Xian, Bai Yu, Lu Han and so on.
In the one or two years before and after the release of “The Founding of the Army”, commercial action movies such as “Action Series” and “Wolf Warrior Series” have been popular in succession, and they have also brought out a group of tough guys with good acting skills. Meat, they immediately became frequent visitors in all kinds of main theme blockbusters. Ou Hao, Huang Jingyu, and Du Jiang are all representatives of this group of “tough guys.”
Ou Hao received a lot of criticism when he played Ye Ting in “The Founding of the Army”, and Ye Ting’s descendants repeatedly complained on Weibo, but he has not given up on this route ever since. In the film “Long”, he also appeared in the role of a “tough guy in uniform”, and took a different path in a crowd of small meats.
Compared with Ou Hao, Huang Jingyu’s road to drama is a bit smoother. He gained a good reputation from “Operation Red Sea” and started the acting path of the tough guy on the screen. “Ice Breaker” and “The Final Moment” are also the roles of tough guys. Although his acting skills are as controversial as Ou Hao, Sheng Zai’s appearance is closer to a tough guy, and there is less sense of disobedience in the role.
Zhang Han also relied on the military image in “Wolf Warrior 2” to slightly save the greasy feeling of the overbearing president all the year round. Du Jiang, who debuted for many years, also successfully ranked among the tough guy professional households with several works such as “Operation Red Sea”.
Seeing that the predecessors have already grasped the tough guy’s route to death, the traffic from behind has also moved forward, and a few “tough guy films” must be handed to make a show.
Li Yifeng and Chen Xingxu starred in the Rocket Army in the TV series “The Trumpeter Is in Place”; Yang Yang and Huang Jingyu have military drama series “Special Warfare Glory” and “Fall in Love with Special Forces” to be broadcast; Wang Yibo has a TV series focusing on criminal investigation and anti-drug “Ice”. In addition to “Rain and Fire”, there is also the film “Peacekeeping Explosion-Protection Team” co-operated with Huang Jingyu, Zhang Zhehan, and Gu Jiacheng; and the new flow Gong Jun also has a firefighter theme “Hello, Flame Blue” to be broadcast.
The tough guy’s track is already a bit “crowded”.
Transition dilemma
Even if you know that the road ahead is not necessarily bright, why do traffic people have to play tough guys? In the final analysis, it is for transformation.
From the perspective of the first-generation traffic Lu Han, Wu Yifan, Li Yifeng, and Yang Yang, whether it is in terms of seniority or age, it is time for them to transform.
When Lu Han was 28 years old, he was still on the path of “silly, white and sweet.” If an 18-year-old newcomer played this kind of role, the audience would be tolerant, but if he was 28, he might even be a fan of playing this kind of role again. Unacceptable, like Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong’s “Sweet Crit”, both fans and passersby crit.
Lu Han also thought about transforming by playing a heroic soldier in “Shanghai Fortress”, but this movie Douban only has a score of 3.0. Of course, this is not exactly Lu Han’s pot, plus Lu Han’s acting as a soldier has long hair. His performance also made the audience doubt his acting attitude, at least his transformation was a failure.
Where is Yang Yang? Because “Three Lives III and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms” was greasy and out of the circle, “Martial Universe” also failed to save the honor. Because of military art background, the upcoming “Special Warfare Glory” played as a soldier gave the audience a lot of expectations, but whether the transformation can be successful Still unknown.
As for Li Yifeng, he has almost become the spokesperson of transformation, and almost every work comes out as a transformation. At the time of “Animal World”, Li Yifeng’s traffic was booming, but he vacated a one-year schedule, “disappeared for 8 months”, “reading the script, and looking for the original to read”, sacrificing a lot of hot searches, in exchange for the clown “Zheng Kai In the corner of the company, progress is obvious to all.
I was thinking about winning and chasing. This year, the two “Trumpeters in Place” and “Secret and Great” are both serious dramas. It is easy to be topical, but once again it proves that dramas are not omnipotent. “The Trumpeter is in place” is on Douban. There is no rating yet.
Wu Yifan’s no film and television works can be ignored for the time being.
Now this kind of transformation has already internalized the post-00 traffic. The youngest Yi Yang Qianxi, the most out-of-the-box character is the rough and rebellious boy in “Youth You”. Liu Haoran and Wang Junkai also tried to make a transformation by acting as rough.
But the transition from one flow to one actor may be more difficult than the qualitative change from an amateur to one flow. The transition is far less easy than expected.
The way out of traffic
In fact, many users understand their situation better than fans and audiences. They have long been facing the sense of crisis caused by the rapid consumption of “youth appearance”. They have begun to choose to get rid of the public opinion troubles of poor acting skills and seek out the drama. Acting breakthrough, but the result is quite different.
Du Jiang and Huang Jingyu, who successfully transitioned from idol drama actors to the main melody, have actually given a clear line on how “Little Fresh Meat” can grow into real actors.
First of all, the appearance conditions must be passed. Make a breakthrough in image and temperament, dare to abandon exquisiteness and try different types of characters. This kind of tough guy, especially the role related to the military, pays attention to a spirit. In “My Motherland and Me”, Du Jiang and Zhu Yilong’s acting skills have their own merits, but from the appearance, Du Jiang has a straight back. Look and feel more like a soldier than Zhu Yilong.
Secondly, we must abandon the idol drama style acting. Calmness does not mean facial paralysis, seriousness does not mean roaring, crying, or hysteria. It is best to settle down before acting in this type of role. Under mature conditions, accept the test of the drama. If you rush to join the trend of the drama, I am afraid that you will be old The taste of bone sling is also not very pleasant.
Although some filmmakers have tasted the benefits of traffic, they have to be wary of the risks brought by traffic. For example, the casting of the movie “1921” was completely overturned a few days ago.
Although traffic idols are easy to use, their strengths are uneven, and secondly, idols have too oftenLevitation does not necessarily match the role of a tough guy. The idol’s personality must be maintained for a long time, and the idols themselves must be exposed for a long time. As a result, their established impression in the eyes of the public may be too clear and not suitable for those historical figures with special significance in themselves. Once there is a conflict, it is easy to be backlashed by public opinion.
So, traffic people must not think that they have broken into the tough guy circle, and they are in sight. Everything is going well, mostly known crises and invisible controversies. Therefore, it is still the old saying that whoever has more expressive power and more in line with the needs of the role can have more opportunities. This is true for actors, and even more so for actors who want to become traffic.